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RAILROAD TIE. 7 APPLICATION nun r1112, '1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

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MICHAEL JANKIEWITZ, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed February 2, 1910.- Serial No. 541,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL JANKIEWITZ, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to railway ties and track fastenings therefor,and the principal object of the same is to provide atie that will have afirm interlocking engagement with the roadbed and which is also providedwith novel means whereby the improved track fastenings may be rigidlybut detachably fastened thereto.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in detail and structuralarrangements, one

preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of arailroad track, showing the same held to the improved tie by the novelfasteners. Fig. 2 is a detail end view of a tie, the track fastenersbeing removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33, Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the track fasteners shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a track fastener for use inconnection with rail joints. Fig. 6 is a detail end view of a modifiedtie. Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 isa detail bottom view of a fastener used in connection with the tie shownin Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detail end view of another modified tie. Fig. 10is a sectional view taken on the line 1010, Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a detailbottom view of a fastener for use in connection with the tie shown inFig. 9. Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a form of rail fastenersadapted to be used in connection with this inven tion.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, and more particularly to Sheet 1thereof, it will be observed that the improved tie is composed of castor other metal having a hollow body, the top 1 of which is flat and thesides and end 23 are beveled so that said tie will have a firminterlocking engagement with the roadbed. Adjacent each end portion, thetop 1 of the tie is provided with two spaced apart shallow seats 4, saidseats being upon opposite sides of the rail supporting portions 5 of thetop and each seat being provided with a plurality of recesses 6 one endportion of which is partially covered by the lip 7 that has a centralslot 8 formed in it. A fastening bolt is provided for each recess, saidbolt having its head 9 fitted beneath the lip 7 and its shank 10projecting through the slot 8 thereof. The rail fasteners for use inconnection with this form of the invention have a flat body portion 11adapted for a snug fit within the seats 4 and are provided with boltholes 12 for the passage of the fastening bolts and also with pendentlugs 13 adapted for a snug fit with recesses 6 so that the bolts will beheld in proper fastening position, said fasteners being detachablyclamped to their seats by the lock nuts 14. Each fastener is providedwith a raised fiat outwardly projecting rail. flange engaging lip 15that grips the flange of a rail, as is shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5, a fastener of the type described has been shown equipped withan elongated fiat fish plate 16 that is carried by its railengaging lip15, said fastener being of especial value for use in connection with themeeting ends of rails, as is shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 6 the seats for the fasteners have been omitted, and in theirplace the end portion of each tie is equipped with oppositely disposedsets of recesses 17 similar to those described in connection with sheet1 of the drawings and also with a shallow lug seat 18 at one side ofsaid recesses and a narrow elongated shallow seat 19 at the other sideof said recesses. Fastening bolts 20 are held in said recesses 17 by thependent lugs 21 of a flat fastener 22 that is also provided with asmaller pendent lug 28 for the seat 18 and an elongated pendent lug 24for the seat 19. The rail flange engaging lip 25 of the fastener ispreferably beveled on its under surface, its upper surface being in thesame plane as the top of the fastener. Lock nuts 26 cooperate with thebolts 20 to rigidly but detachably hold the fasteners in rail-engagingposition on the tie.

In Figs. 9 and 10 the seats 27 formed in the end portions of the tie areprovided with openings 28 having enlarged lower ends 29, and otheropenings 30 having enlarged upper ends 31. Openings 28 are provided forthe rail fastener-engaging bolts so that the heads 32 thereof will beheld in the enlarged end 29 thereof and their shanks 33 will projectabove the top of the tie. Openings are provided for the pendent boltswhose heads 34 are in the enlarged ends 31 and their shanks 35 dependbelow the bottom surface of the top and pass through bolt openingsformed in a locking strip 36 that is held in position to close theenlarged ends 29 of opening 28 so that the fastening bolts will beretalned therein. Preferably enlarged ends 29-31 of openings 28-30 areof the same shape as the heads of the bolts, so that said bolts cannotrotate therein. The rail fastener used in connection with this lastdescribed form of the invention has a fiat body 37 adapted for a snugfit in the seat 27, said body having openings 38 for the passage of thefastening bolts and being rigidly but detachably locked to said seat bythe nuts 39. The rail flange engaging lip 40 of this fastener is similarin arrangement and construction to the lip of the fastener shown inconnection with the form of the invention set forth on Sheet 1 of thedrawings.

It will be seen from the foregoing that in all forms of the invention,the tie is adapted for a firm interlocking engagement with the roadbed,and that the fasteners have a rigid but readily detachable interlockingengagement with the tie, so that the operation of fastening rails to, orremoving the same from, a tie is greatly facilitated.

In Fig. 12 a fastener 41 is shown that is provided at opposite edgeswith an upstanding rail. flange engaging lip 42. This fastener isespecially adapted for use in connection with a main rail 43 and theguard rail 44, such as are used at crossings.

WVhat I claim as my invention is:

In combination, a tie having spaced recesses at each end, each of saidrecesses being provided with spaced lips forming bolt receiving slots;rail fastening plates each having a lug fitting within a respectiverecess and closing the mouth of the respective slot; and a bolt providedwith a head fitting beneath said lips and having a shank passing upwardthrough said slot and through the respective rail fastening plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MICHAEL JANKIEIVITZ. WVitnesses G. P. GUINNAN, O. E. E. JOHNSON

